Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Paducah, Kentucky jail was taken from the jail by a crowd of citizens on the afternoon of March 28, 1866, and hanged in the Court-house yard, according to a Paducah dispatch printed in The Vinton Record. He was over thirty, and his name was not recorded.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Vinton Record, citing a Paducah dispatch, reports a crowd took a man from the Paducah jail and hanged him in the Court-house yard.
Reported by: The Vinton Record, citing a Paducah dispatch (reporters).